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Romeo Eleven (2011)

Romeo Eleven poster
Original title
Roméo Onze
Directed by
Ivan Grbovic
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 20-year-old man with a physical disability in Montreal's Lebanese Christian community gets a date with a woman he met online. He must confront his own insecurities about his body and his place in the world.

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What happens

Romeo Eleven (French: Roméo Onze) is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Ivan Grbovic, and written by Grbovic and Sara Mishara. Set in Montreal's Lebanese Christian community, the film is a coming-of-age story about a physically handicapped 20-year-old man who must face his insecurities about his disability when he is invited out on a date by a woman he has been chatting with on the internet. The film had its theatrical premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2011, and its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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